ABSTRACT
C. G. Jung was no less sanguine concerning the possibility of a biography of his life. He was no less sanguine concerning the possibility of a biography of his life. In 1952, Lucy Heyer, the wife of Gustav Heyer proposed a biography of Jung, which was to be published by Daniel Brody of Rhein Verlag. She intended to base her work on extended interviews with Jung, which would set it apart from all other works on him. On 28 September, she wrote to John Barrett requesting further funds to complete her work. She gave as the reason for her delay the fact that the speed of the book depended upon Jung's health and readiness to grant her interviews. Meanwhile, the legendary publisher Kurt Wolff had unsuccessfully tried to get Jung to write an autobiography for years. The question of who precisely Jung had in mind is of lesser insignificance than the consequences of the manner in which the text was assembled and edited.
